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Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - November (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/gardeningaustralia@aussie.zone

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Posting this a day early while I remember.

Spring. A good time for vegetables. According to some table it’s a bit late now to sow tomatoes from seed? But you could still buy seedlings.

In the warming weather what do you have planned for your landscape, pots, patch, window box - or even the lone houseplant/cactus in your apartment?

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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

CrI have a "what should I do?" question. I've had this happen:

I'm not sure how it happened, whether the plant got too heavy and fell over or a possum or visiting dog jumped on it, but it's kind of fallen over without breaking. As you can tell from the second picture, it's trunk is about as thick as my wrist. Should I attempt to rite it? Should I just chop the fallen over bits off? Should I replace it with a younger bit of itself? I don't even know what it is, but what should I do with it?

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like a jade plant. Apparently they’re prone to drooping or flopping over?

From what I can see it could be caused by overwatering, underwatering, low light, or putting out new growth.

Maybe take a look at some guides and try to troubleshoot. You could try supporting it, pruning it, changing the amount of water, anything a more experienced gardener suggests. What I see also says cuttings from jade plants are easy to grow.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thankyou! In this case, under watering would be a factor because our hose isn't long enough to reach that corner of the garden properly 😆 I think I might dig it out, replant a section of it and pot up the rest.